Hollywood and the American Historical Film - Paperback

Hollywood and the American Historical Film - Paperback

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Hollywood and the American Historical Film - Paperback

Hollywood and the American Historical Film - Paperback

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by J. E. Smyth (Author)

This definitive interdisciplinary collection by leading scholars probes the theoretical and historical contexts of films made about the American past, from silent film to the present. The book offers a fresh assessment of studio era historical filmmaking and its legacy across a range of genres.

Author Biography

J.E. SMYTH is Assistant Professor of History and Comparative American Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the author of Reconstructing American Historical Cinema from Cimarron to Citizen Kane and Edna Ferber's Hollywood: American Fictions of Gender, Race and History, which won the Association of American Publishers' Prose Award for Media and Cultural Studies.
J.E. SMYTH is Assistant Professor of History and Comparative American Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the author of Reconstructing American Historical Cinema from Cimarron to Citizen Kane and Edna Ferber's Hollywood: American Fictions of Gender, Race and History, which won the Association of American Publishers' Prose Award for Media and Cultural Studies.

Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: February 28, 2012

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